EWC 12 Hours of Estoril: YART-Yamaha snatches pole position!

After dominating the free practice this morning Then first qualifying session this afternoon, the YART-Yamaha continued its momentum and proved to be the fastest during the only night free practice session which took place last night.

This morning, for the last qualifying session, it's Markus Reiterberger who proved to be the fastest of the blue riders on the BMW ahead of the YART Yamaha, the official Honda and the Wójcik Racing Team Yamaha, which has been very present since the start of the weekend.

Fastest lap so far for bike #37.
One minute to go!#FIMEWC #12HESTORIL pic.twitter.com/d8pOEWrTTd

— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) September 25, 2020

His time of 1'38.447 resisted the onslaught of the yellow drivers, Mathieu Gines in the lead on the Ducati ahead of the SERT, the FCC TSR Honda France and the #37 BMW Motorrad.

Great performance for the Ducati ERC-Endurance Team and Mathieu Gines, fastest in the Yellow riders session: 1:39:453#FIMEWC #12HESTORIL pic.twitter.com/i89jzDDDNn

— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) September 25, 2020

He also outlasted the 1'38.929 achieved by Nicolò Canepa on the #7 Yamaha during the red riders' session, again ahead of the #5 Honda, the BMW and the #77 Yamaha of the Wójcik Racing Team.

Fastest time in red riders session and pole position* for bike #7 – YART Yamaha 👊
Motorcycle Ain Fastest SST!#FIMEWC #12HESTORIL

*awaiting official confirmation pic.twitter.com/7mP0gzUGDN

— FIM EWC (@FIM_EWC) September 25, 2020

Based on the average times of the three drivers, however, it is YART-Yamaha which takes pole position ahead of FCC TSR Honda France, BMW Motorrad, SERT and FCC TSR Honda France.

These teams have therefore already acquired respectively 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points in the world championship.

Next session (free) at 16:00 p.m. for 45 minutes of warmup.

The race tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.